About Renee Picard

Renée Picard
is an editor and columnist at elephant journal. A grounded creative, her words often spill out via coffee shop thought streams. She prefers real conversation over small talk, red over pink, ocean over mountains. She tries to lead life with intuition and a soft (but fierce) heart.
A core mission in her life is to offer and hold safe spaces for others to express themselves authentically via writing or other creative means.
For her, writing is an instinct, craft, a heart-thing. Find more of it at her blog, connect with her on Twitter and Facebook.

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oh Renee, I'm so glad to be reading your beautiful words again. This is perfect – capturing the two sides of every coin that we toss while we're in love. It's a fine balancing act isn't it, and it's easy to tip over one side without even knowing it. A beautiful reminder and a whole practice of mindfulness just within that single act of loving.

AMEN…Could not have said it better myself! I burst out laughing at the "loving insanely" comment. No bunny boiling necessary. We are all a work in progress…fluid, contradictory at times, scared. I'm trying to stay open in what Jamie calls this "balancing act". Thanks for this beautiful prose. I needed to read this today. Every day is a new beginning.